· Tradition of excellence · Parent involvement · Committed staff · High expectations of professional growth through education/training for teachers · Fair/Balanced evaluation structure for management and staff · Competitive salary · 90% of graduates go on to post secondary education · Opportunities for students to be civically involved · Residents proud of community · Supportive, proactive, decisive town council · Parent Involvement · Strong school tradition (school spirit) · High standardized test scoresHigh graduation rateCulturally strong ethnic groups/community
· Divided school board (realistic, fiscally conservative vs penny pinching tax payers) · School board micro manages/powerless administration · Blanketed directives/policies from school board · Outdated technology and resources
Summative assessment is primary method of assessment S· Data not driving instruction · Outdated curriculum/textbooks · Mixed population of the economic disadvantage and affluent · Insufficient professional development · Outdated facilities in need of renovations · Growing problems with drugs, gangs, bullying and violence
Opportunities
Threats
· Increasing population of retirements/hiring of new teachers · Strong athletic, arts, and club programs · Corporations within school district · Parents · Staff/Administration Communication · Full day kindergarten · Scheduling · Parent volunteers · New initiatives for new assessment methods
· Merit pay/teachers threatened by test results · Closing of small businesses/plants · Budget (state and local) · Cuts in programs, personnel · Global changes · Traditions holding back progress · Family stress levels/life styles · Foreclosures · Parents dictating policy · Haves and have nots · Too much time focused on testing/teaching to the test · Time stolen due to NCLB · Federal and State mandates without fundingPay to play
· Parent involvement
· Committed staff
· High expectations of professional growth through education/training for teachers
· Fair/Balanced evaluation structure for management and staff
· Competitive salary
· 90% of graduates go on to post secondary education
· Opportunities for students to be civically involved
· Residents proud of community
· Supportive, proactive, decisive town council
· Parent Involvement
· Strong school tradition (school spirit)
· High standardized test scoresHigh graduation rateCulturally strong ethnic groups/community
· School board micro manages/powerless administration
· Blanketed directives/policies from school board
· Outdated technology and resources
Summative assessment is primary method of assessment
S· Data not driving instruction
· Outdated curriculum/textbooks
· Mixed population of the economic disadvantage and affluent
· Insufficient professional development
· Outdated facilities in need of renovations
· Growing problems with drugs, gangs, bullying and violence
· Strong athletic, arts, and club programs
· Corporations within school district
· Parents
· Staff/Administration Communication
· Full day kindergarten
· Scheduling
· Parent volunteers
· New initiatives for new assessment methods
· Closing of small businesses/plants
· Budget (state and local)
· Cuts in programs, personnel
· Global changes
· Traditions holding back progress
· Family stress levels/life styles
· Foreclosures
· Parents dictating policy
· Haves and have nots
· Too much time focused on testing/teaching to the test
· Time stolen due to NCLB
· Federal and State mandates without fundingPay to play